Shifting-rail attachment for carriages



(No Model.)

WQB. 0. HERSHEY. SHIFTING RAIL ATTACHMENT FOR GARRIAGES.

Patented Sept. 16, 1884.

llnrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM B. G. HERSHEY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

SHlFTlNG-RAIL ATTACHMENT FOR CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,309, datedSeptember 16, 1884-.

Application filed December 5, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WM. B. O. HERsHEY,'of Columbus, in the county ofFranklin, and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combined Seat- Iron and Shifting-Rail Attachments for(Jarriage-Seats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the parts of my device separated fromeach other. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same as applied to aWagOnsea-t, and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of said partsand a cross-section of said seat.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

My invention is intended to facilitate the connection of a shifting-railwith a'wagon-seat and to enable said rail to be firmly held in position,to which end it consists in the construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts, as hereinafter described, and more specificallyset forth in the claims.

It consists, further, in a seat-iron which is adapted to embrace theside and upper edge of a wagon-seat, and at its upper end is providedwith shifting railclamping jaws that are adapted to clasp a shiftingrailand to hold the same in position for use, substantially as and for thepurpose hereinafter shown.

It consists, further, in a wagon-seat iron which at its upper end isprovided with shifting-rail-clamping j aws that are drawn together andcaused to grasp a shifting-rail by means of a bolt which passestransversely through said jaws and through the seat side, and alsooperates to confine the upper end of said seatiron in place,substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

It consists, further, in a seat-iron provided at its upper end with astationary jaw for clamping a shifting-rail, in combination with,

a separable jaw and with aconfining-bolt, substantially as and for thepurpose hereinafter shown and described.

It consists, finally, in a seat-iron having at its upper end a fixedclamping-jaw in combination with a separable clamping-jaw that at (Nomodel.)

its tail end has a lug or hearing which is adapted to operate as afulcrum, and with means, substantially as shown,whereby said jaws may becaused to clasp a shiftingrail, substantially as and for the purposehereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the bottom, and Bthe side or back,of a wagon-seat of usual form, upon which is secured a seatiron, 0, thatis preferably adapted to embrace the upper edge and inner face of saidside and to extend a short distance over said bottom. Said seat-iron issecured in place by means of a number of wood-screws, D, that passthrough the same into the contiguous wood, and abolt, E, which passesthrough the upper end of said iron and through the upper portion of saidside 13.

From the outer side, at the upper end of the seatiron O, a jaw, 0,extends upward and inward and forms one-half of a bearing for ashifting-rail, F. The shape of the bearing-face 0 of said jaw conformsto the transverse form of said shifting-rail, and may be one-half of acircle, an ellipse, a square, or a diamond, as desired.

Fitted upon the upper portion of the seatiron 0 is a plate, G, whichcorresponds therewith in width and thickness, and extends below the boltE to a distance substantially equal to the length of said iron above thesame. The upper end of said plate extends over the corresponding end ofsaid seat-iron, and is provided at such point with a face, 9, thatcorresponds to the face 0 of the jaw c, and, in connection therewith,forms a bearing that is adapted to receive the desired form ofshiftingrail F. At the lower end, upon the inner face of said plate orjaw G, is provided a lug, g, which is used for and operates as ishereinafter shown. The bolt E passes through the jaw G, as well asthrough the seat side B and seat-iron G, and if a shifting-rail, F, isplaced between the clamping ends of said jaw and seat-iron, and saidbolt is caused to draw the former toward the latter, said shifting-railwill be firmly clasped and securely held in position. The lug 9 acts asafulcrum for said jaw G, and

enables the .latter to operate most effectively in clamping saidshifting-rail.

At the lower cndof the movable jaw G a shoulder, 0 is preferablyprovided upon the seat-iron O, which shoulder corresponds in dimensionsto the transverse area of said jaw at such point; but, if desired, saidshoulder may be omitted.

By use of the device described the shiftingrail is more securely held inplace than by the means usually employed, and, in addition thereto, iseasily removed from and placed in position when desired.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim as new is 1. AI seat-iron provided at its upper end with astationary jaw for clamping a shiftingrail, in combination with aseparable jaw having a squared-ended shank engaging and hearing againstthe squared lug or shoulder on the V stationary jaw, and with aconfiningbolt, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

2. A seat-iron having at its upper end a fixed clamping-j aw, incombination with aseparable clamping-jaw that at its tail end has a lugwhich is adapted to operate as afulerum, and with means, substantiallyas shown, whereby said jaws may be caused to clasp a shiftingrail,substantially as and for the purpose speci- 3. A carriageseat ironprovided near its upper end with asquared shoulder orlug and at itsupper end with a portion, 0, having its inner face adapted to receivethe shifting-rail and extending upward and outward at an angle to theface of the lug, in combination with a movable j aw adapted to be forcedand held inward between portion 0 and the lug to clamp the rail betweenits upper end and said portion, substantially as shown and described.

4. In combination with the seat-iron provided with shoulder c and endportion, G, having its face 0 curved to receive the shifting-rail andextending at an angle to the face of the shoulder, the movable jaw G,having its lower end squared to engage theface of the shoulder andformed with the lug g on its under face, and at its upper end adapted tore ceive and bear against the rail, and the bolt E, substantially asshown and described.

5. In combination with the seat-iron pro vided with the stationaryrail-receiving jaw, the movable jaw provided at or near one end with alug resting on the shank of the stationary jaw and at the other formedto partially embrace the rail and h old it between itself and thestationary jaw, and the bolt passing through the two jaw-shanks, and theseat side adapted to fasten the upper end of the seat-iron and to causethe jaws to clamp the rail, sub stantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this26th day of November, 1883.

\VM. B. C. HERSHEY.

Vitn csses:

, FRED HEDDEN,

WM. BIRMINGHAM.

